Jan 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
GOD’S “BACKSIDE OF THE DESERT” PREP SCHOOL: LESSONS FROM BURNING BUSHES AND MUSTARD SEEDS TODAY’S READING IN THE OLD TESTAMENT- Exodus 2:11-3:22 The Headlines from today’s readings could be quite sensational: Prince of Egypt- Wanted for Murder (Exodus 2:11-15)...
Jan 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
Today we finish reading the Book of Genesis. Jacob and Joseph die casting their faith upon the Keeper of the Promises. Israel’s tribe had increased from the original twelve (sons), to the seventy (when they come to settle in Goshen; Gen 46:27, Exodus 1:5), to the...
Jan 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
What are you learning from reading Genesis? I will list some sample responses we have heard and include Scripture references: “I have learned afresh that we were made in the image of God (Genesis 1:26). God originally created us to be like Jesus Christ. He is...
Jan 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING IN THE OLD TESTAMENT: GENESIS 46:1- 47:31 “Hear and understand!” (Matthew 15:10). This is what Jesus says to his disciples. Our prayer as we read God’s Word should be: “Let me hear and help me to understand!” In Genesis 46:2 God speaks to Jacob in the...
Jan 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- GENESIS 44:1-45:28 In Chapter 35 Joseph’s story comes to a climax. The sons of Jacob finally receive the revelation that the one they had betrayed, sentenced to death, abandoned to the pit, sold into slavery, now sits at the...
